canvas

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His canvas was vast and so were his themes, chief among them a clear-eyed assessment of that part of the nation so essential to the formation of America’s national identity.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

“Sinners” is a meditation on how the past’s crimes and terrors bleed into the present, rendered by a Black artist using a popular genre, horror, as half of his canvas.

From Salon • Mar. 13, 2026

She points to the orange fence on the right hand picture which looks like a handle and the entire white canvas of the left hand painting which resembles the blade.

From BBC • Feb. 24, 2026

They sort their waste into colorfully labeled canvas bags the company provides, and wait for a Ridwell pickup.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 21, 2026

She also had a huge canvas bag with her.

From "The World According to Humphrey" by Betty G. Birney